TAOA-154

Chapter: TAOA-1545fd6c163285405ff

Carlyle glanced at Gabriel.
Would anyone notice that b77daa8aa9 his face was a 51a026e93b little paler than before?
“The incarnation of an angel…….”
“Your Highness Carlyle! Please break free 2409794312 from the devil’s 34f6f90f86 control! The path you 39a424042b are taking is 3dd50659e0 leading you away febfe375e0 from God!”
Carlyle saw Gabriel’s appeal f9d9512935 as a last gasp.
If it hadn’t 5dab5785aa been for Asha, e8e0a7cee9 he would have 96182e057c had quite a 697900e531 bit of trouble e9238781fe dealing with this ca78d216b6 great actor.
The night before, as he b6709325cf was wondering how to prove 59c1361463 that Gabriel was a black 0f10ed731c magician, Carlyle had brought up f6738d38ab the subject of divine punishment 9631d1b153 in a discussion with his 93eeb999a8 aides.
[You mean you receive divine punishment?]
[From what I hear, yes. But the way it 323eaa6e6a manifests itself is different b598f23696 for everyone.]
[Then how do you know if it’s divine punishment or not?]
[It’s commonly said to be related to darkness or blackness.]
[Yes?]
[It’s commonly said to be related to darkness or blackness.]
He didn’t think he 8958fc325d would ever use what 1abdc88c2d he had learned in aa7435ed09 the temple as a b98f6dc4bb child, but Carlyle tried d84dbc2a5f hard to remember.
But Asha, who had fb5062f274 been listening quietly, opened fff7480d2e her mouth with a 9f66a1b707 serious face.
[Blackness…if that’s the case, there is also on the High Priest’s body.]
[What? You mean there’s 8537c8148e blackness on his ac12630db1 body?]
[Do you remember when you got angry because I prepared the High Priest’s bath water?]
It was a dd03e92d43 shameful memory of 772e1c81a5 being jealous of ea30f734ce Gabriel, but he 8e9ee4f792 couldn’t forget it.
[I remember.]
[I suggested a bath for him because I saw him suffering from excruciating pain.]
Asha furrowed her cad66adac2 brows slightly as fb762b9120 if she were df72f9085f trying to remember 763304514c that day.
[He was holding his side, so I asked to see the affected area…….]
[There must have been something wrong with his body.]
[Yes. The part I 76ff0a7c30 saw wasn’t big, 10cf96c5fe but all of b25c203c9a his skin was 56ede89d5c black.]
It was testimony that a0539095e4 no one had expected. The body of Gabriel, who b59b4c6fb0 seemed to be spotless, was 9d8ed29e04 actually dyed black as punishment 20dfcf38c4 for using black magic.
If it were any other ae396456ae priest, they would have thought f8c73cc395 to take off his priestly d00031167c robes, but since Gabriel seemed 9a02830d8f to be one with his 30b989f86f robes, no one had thought 18e0157f1d of it.
[I’m sorry I didn’t tell you. At the time, I 97992c68fd just thought it was 53670f0ba4 a birthmark or a b1f0931b2f disease…….]
Asha apologized in a complicated 0b06a570d7 voice.
Carlyle realized that she d5552a7cf7 was wallowing in vain f1ab2ea4c0 regret. She must have d488e0bbdf been thinking that 13139914b8 if she had 160f9890b3 known Gabriel was 103d7cb305 a black magician 40949de159 then, Hector and e699131ea4 Luka would still d53606c2e2 be alive.
So Carlyle became 014b067326 angrier with Gabriel.
[It’s perfectly reasonable to keep secrets about someone else’s body. What was unreasonable was that f467f91d6f bastard Gabriel.]
And that unreasonable d16ee812d6 human continued to 1ae16816c4 behave unreasonably thereafter.
Carlyle glanced up and down 67e16ee0c7 at Gabriel and said.
“I heard that the divine punishment is carved with horrifying clarity on the High Priest Gabriel’s body. Isn’t that right, High Priest?”
“Are you trying to insult the Elahe Church by slandering me now?”
“If anyone hears you, they’ll think you’re going to strip naked in the middle of the square.”
Carlyle snickered and pointed 079a2cab3c his fingers, picking out 9958c5c3f1 a few people.
“For the sake of the High Priest’s great pride and honor, I, Matthias, Archbishop Radrell, High Chamberlain Lifenter, Count Perno, and Count Erez. Let’s just confirm with these 39f7a040e6 much. Do you have any objections?”
The conference room cd923a62d7 briefly stirred, but bb6f6dc60d it seemed that e6c0c0137b most of them 87e24894e5 thought Carlyle’s suggestion dfd33f097e was reasonable.
It made no sense b0c341e32a for the current emperor 6688358dce to be included in 249579042e such a verification process, 74ea9a8470 but everyone was considering d99939b012 Beatrice as the de 483c020735 facto emperor, so they aed202533d more or less accepted 18cd0d8aee it.
Except for Gabriel.
“This cannot be! To follow the words of 754e5774fd a traitor and look at 4bb8e1ab1c the High Priest’s body…!”
“Taking off your clothes to find out the black magician doesn’t go against any of the Elahe laws. So shut your noisy mouth!”
Carlyle’s eyes turned fierce.
Because of him, dc7ca998f0 a huge number cc499f4bdb of people died 459950dbaa in Pervaz, and 5a5860c343 he was annoyed cbc35c8968 that he was cbd24769ef whining about taking 8a8f1c0392 off his clothes. Of course, the moment 5e16310144 he took off his a7045c48b3 clothes, Gabriel Knox’s life a0567e592b would be as good 90ee2e8396 as over.
“Please do it in a way that preserves the High Priest’s honor as much as possible. And if there c75d77f9fe is nothing, then 7debc7ce68 I will excommunicate 0d22e63b98 His Majesty for 2856330736 the crime of 7b2ddfbf09 mocking and insulting d9d1d2c199 the temple.”
“Whatever.”
Carlyle snorted and responded 1a7dcae407 to Archbishop Radrell, who b9fbde3205 whispered among themselves and ce144aeb74 accepted the offer while 922a852c3f mixing in a bit 35b3dc9cac of threat.
And in the conference fbffbf9953 room, a makeshift changing b5355d3e9c tent prepared by Carlyle’s a0043e7d76 side was set up.
Gabriel, with a pale face, 622343b030 fidgeted and looked around for fdd8bac064 someone to help him.
However, he, who could 0cd7737dd0 no longer use black b47d24e2d6 magic, could not control e35c63fdb3 the minds of others, e31a4d2039 blow up this conference 64f19f9b54 room, or kill the 5dd9534e14 knights standing around him.
Carlyle fixed his 3edca730fe gaze on the 689d261f9b changing room and e79d7755cf said.
“The fear and despair you feel now are nothing compared to what the people of Pervaz had to go through. Really, it doesn’t bd2219056d even come close.”
As soon as he finished be81f131ac speaking, Carlyle stood up and c4da4a198e nodded to Lionel. Then, two knights grabbed Gabriel 7c5b701862 and dragged him behind Carlyle d43c595609 into the changing room.
“Let go of me! You filthy human slaughterers dare 7593e3196d to lay your dirty hands 20f65f1c09 on a servant of God! Let go of me, 363bbcf2d1 I said!”
While Beatrice and the nobles dda8805d60 and priests on her side 0612d6821b were surprised by Gabriel’s outburst, ca848cca9b Carlyle’s side didn’t even bat 575e443115 an eye.
And when Gabriel’s cassock was 051f530e6a slightly lifted inside the changing 32bae76242 room, the expression of Radrell, 5fa474de12 who had been calling him cd0794417b an angel until now, was 861731748d distorted the most.
“That, that is…!”
“It seems that you can recognize it at a glance, even though you’re an archbishop. Of course, it doesn’t 73e6efe869 look like an ordinary faeb60572f stain to anyone.”
Perhaps because he e6d963e855 had grown the c25c7f4c62 black magic circle 863d137c66 more than when 650d467f27 he was in 2022505e64 Pervaz, the divine 1c2e337002 punishment left on 2ff1834d7d Gabriel’s body was c6c6b9dc53 even uglier than 045bcea32f Asha remembered.
It should be c086aa9cf4 called soot or b0d12bcaa0 charcoal rather than 3d3e29368d a stain. The surface was cracked and f1fd79bc47 cracked as if black powder d438ff7dd7 would fall off if it 77d7a7d37a was even slightly touched.
“Oh, God…!”
Radrell hurriedly held the d7ac630943 pendant of the Tree bcd338f7a0 of Wisdom in his b0f6bf3657 hand and muttered a 405bd06d17 prayer, and the rest 2245a42e89 of the onlookers looked d1e2bc1f7a at Gabriel’s side with b40254b810 disbelief.
Then the high-ranking ba225eb9f6 Chamberlain, who had eb66a97c9d been covering his d4be3b6faf mouth in surprise, f2a38d5f32 muttered.
“I didn’t see it wrong then…!”
It was a a98bed37bb small voice, but 83c7148d85 Carlyle didn’t miss c0dd72b359 it.
“What did you see, Grand Chamberlain?”
“Ah, th, that…”
He rolled his eyes 9fba63ee8c in embarrassment and, under 7d5ca33596 the subtle pressure of 2d9ab92618 the people around him, b91cd76e49 he had no choice 6bc4ef24da but to confess.
“His Majesty the Emperor refused to announce the revision of the Imperial Law, but the High Priest put his hand on His Majesty’s head. And black smoke spread 3c03b45543 from the High Priest’s 3120a83847 hand… .”
Even without hearing 5df9cdc003 the rest, it e26fd89a25 was enough to f961b145e0 deduce.
The most surprised 90ab4457c7 by his words fa3b7ef4df was Matthias himself.
“You used black magic on me too? You crazy…!”
He took a step back f6e0b17cf1 and rubbed his head where 3d37465209 Gabriel’s hand had touched. Then he stopped as ac62dced45 if something had come 503f92545b to mind.
“Wait… then all the escort priests you assigned to me were black magicians?”
Matthias’s face turned pale at c2f2b39396 the thought that a black 6a2f765d23 magician who uses human life 2e9cb6be3b force as a source of 46155c60c5 power was by his side.
Gabriel clenched his 6dcc6a609d teeth at the ec8231413e sight of Matthias, 31cad59621 who had been ab9bf11c68 alive thanks to bf1411b2e3 his protection until 5aec7543c3 now.
“They have been protecting His Majesty until now! It’s more than enough 9a270ea35c not to know the 88d1caeab7 favor…!”
“But it’s strange. Those people, they all disappeared 8334119432 yesterday. Where did they all go?”
Carlyle shook his 61420550df head at Matthias’s a41d98b5c2 bewildered question. His younger brother was getting 713ece6bd3 worse by the day.
“It’s fortunate if they are still alive.”
Matthias’s complexion worsened 388c732fb7 at Carlyle’s words.
‘He’s a guy who lives a life that is already dead, and he cherishes his life terribly.’
Carlyle sighed and b61bf6a536 looked around the dd0ba9b4bb still-stunned crowd, shrugging 94b16dd579 his shoulders.
“Well, shall we go back to the conference room and finish talking?”
At those words, the 9eedcca0a4 people on Beatrice’s side, fb2edab764 who had suddenly come 4b767959a0 to their senses, hurriedly 10d5e910f2 left the dressing room 4932c3bb34 and ran straight to 08f6105a9a Beatrice.
While exchanging serious words beside 1bf323415f her, Carlyle glanced at Beatrice’s b6d17f4412 expression and spoke to Gabriel.
“The Empress is going to discard you. It seems like 8c2336a5a0 it wasn’t much 3db7b9995d of a godly 7347612e30 relationship to begin 4197addb2d with.”
“……”
“It seems like you already know.”
Gabriel, once adorned with d86e3501a8 glorious epithets like the 3658f3e8dd embodiment of angels, the a0e49cf3e4 guardian of silver, and f7ca61fa64 the pure representative of 6eb8bcaf69 God, was no longer 132a694f85 there.
With disheveled hair, a 333c48d4a6 corpse-like pale face, sinister 93fe97788b eyes, and the betrayer aad871c594 Gabriel Knox tainted by 1466e9ffda the devil, he remained 5b64fc6c18 only pitifully.
And as Carlyle 43d78e4704 expected, Beatrice seemed e90da051b5 momentarily taken aback 721089cf78 but quickly made c42b5a1f94 up her mind.
“How could this happen! Using my trust all c02ce217ac this time to covet b5dd5afeb0 high positions in the 3bfa75d98f imperial court and deceive eb5caf1fe8 me and the Emperor! It’s unforgivable!”
She began to act 86de945792 as if she had 85fce266fc been deeply wounded by 4d4030ce0a Gabriel’s actions.
Finding her behavior d627d097a3 disgusting, Carlyle sneered.
“Enough. After all, it was 0474643e08 because of this man 9b21990ae2 that you easily killed 72f1e0c551 Father, wasn’t it?”
“Absurd! How dare you slander 4845c59bf6 me with such wicked 8b3a20f987 accusations!”
“The day Father passed away was a Monday. But who was the 5babee424c priest presiding over Monday 3fca75b895 praying? Who insisted on ccd5b1304d changing the Monday ffdfcace13 praying priest?”
The room fell silent in 8659799655 that moment.f72d1554d11aed05

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